Virginia § 54.1-3464 - Adulterated cosmetics
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 54.1-3464 — Adulterated cosmetics, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 54.1-3464. Adulterated cosmetics
A cosmetic shall be deemed to be adulterated:
1. If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to users under the conditions of use prescribed in the labeling or advertisement, or under such conditions of use as are customary or usual. This provision shall not apply to coal-tar hair dye, the label of which bears the following legend conspicuously displayed thereon: "Caution -- This product contains ingredients which may cause skin irritation on certain individuals and a preliminary test according to accompanying directions should first be made. This product must not be used for dyeing the eyelashes or eyebrows; to do so may cause blindness," and the labeling of which bears adequate directions for such preliminary testing. For the purpose of this subdivision and subdivision 5, the term "hair dye" shall not include eyelash or eyebrow dyes;
2. If it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance;
3. If it has been produced, prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health;
4. If its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render the contents injurious to health;
5. If it is not a hair dye, and it is or it bears or contains a color additive which is unsafe within the meaning of the federal act or § 54.1-3460.
Code 1950, § 54-462; 1970, c. 650, § 54-524.96; 1988, c. 765.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 54.1-3464 ("Adulterated cosmetics") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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